Rahling (French pronunciation: [ʁalɛ̃]; German: Rahlingen; Lorraine Franconian: Rahlinge) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.
Rahling | |
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 The chapel in Rahling | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Rahling  | |
  Rahling  Rahling | |
| Coordinates: 48°59′34″N 7°12′55″E / 48.9928°N 7.2153°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Sarreguemines |
| Canton | Bitche |
| Intercommunality | CC du Pays de Bitche |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Claude Bach[1] |
Area 1 | 21.3 km2 (8.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 725 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 57561 /57410 |
| Elevation | 234–366 m (768–1,201 ft) (avg. 242 m or 794 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.
In 2010 the commune had 813 inhabitants (density: 38.2 people per km2).
See also
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edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Rahling at Wikimedia Commons
